The Queen's State of Charles Vernon is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 11.189 billion Charles Vernonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of International Aid, Public Transport, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 51.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Charles Vernonian economy, worth 189 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 16,937 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary and high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Vernon's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.